Clip attachment for paper-rolls.



W. H. HULL, G. L. CUTLER & A. A. BAUMAN.

GLIP ATTACHMENT FOR PAPER ROLLS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.11. 1911.

Patented July 11, 1911.

ATTORNE Y8 rrn srans PA'IE WILLIAM H. HULL, GEORGE LUMEN CUTLER, ANDARTHUR A. BAUMAN, OF GREGORY, SOUTH DAKOTA.

CLIP ATTACHMENT FOR PAPER-ROLLS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM H. HULL, GEORGE L. CUTLER, and ARTHUR A.BAU- MAN, citizens of the United States, and residents of Gregory, inthe county of Gregory and State of South Dakota, have invented certainImprovements in Clip Attachments for Paper-Rolls, of which the followingis a specification.

Our invention is an improved attachment for a paper-cutter of that classin which a roll of paper is wound upon a shaft and a bar or blade ispivoted in such relation to the roll as to serve as a guide in tearingoff a portion of the former.

The invention consists in the construction of an attachment of suchapparatus whereby the operation of severing a portion of the paper stripis facilitated.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a front elevation of anapparatus of the ordinary type provided with our improved attachment.Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the right-hand end of the supplemental blade or clip.

a indicates a paper roll supported in the usual way upon a horizontalaxle or shaft having its hearings in a vertical portable frame I). Aswinging bar or blade 0 is pivoted to the frame in the usual way bymeans of arms cl, and, in practice, rests upon the paper roll and servesas a guide in detaching required portions thereof.

Our improved attachment comprises chiefly a bar or blade 1 andhook-shaped clips 3 which are rigidly attached to the bar and areprovided with slots adapted to receive the bar 0. The hooks are providedwith clamps 4 for securing the supplemental bar or blade to the bar 0,detachably. The shanks of the hooks are riveted to the blade 1 andarranged at an angle to the slots of the hooks so that the said blade isheld supported tangentially to the roll, or, in other words, so that itprojects therefrom at a considerable angle.

A spring clamp 7 is provided at one end Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 11, 1911.

Patented July 11, 1911.

Serial No. 601,965.

of the blade 1, it being produced by cutting a portion of the blade,which is attached to the latter at one end only and lies in a planeparallel to the blade proper. In other words, the blade has alongitudinal slot 6 which was previously occupied by the spring tongue 7and the latter is offset slightly from the blade.

The portion a of the paper sheet which is wound on the roll is drawnunder the blade 1 and between it and the spring tongue 7, as shown inFig. 2, the tongue thus serving to support the paper in contact with theunder side of the blade, so that it is always ready to be seized anddrawn off the roll. The blade is provided with an oval slot 5 tofacilitate application of the thumb and finger to the paper for drawingit off the roll.

By the construction and arrangement of the attachment as described, theoperation of removing any required length of the paper from the roll isfacilitated, so that it may be performed in about half the time usuallyrequired with the old attachment. Such rapidity of action is due largelyto the fact that the end of the paper strip is held separated from theroll proper so that it may be conveniently and quickly seized.

hat we claim is The combination with a frame, a shaft, and a swingingbar adapted to lie against a paper roll wound on said shaft, of theremovable attachment for said bar comprising a blade, hooks constructedwith angular shanks adapted to hold the blade tangential to the roll,and clamp screws arranged as described, the blade having near one end aspring tongue adapted to engage and support against the under side ofthe blade a portion of the paper strip drawn off from the roll,substantially as described.

WILLIAM H. HULL. GEORGE LUMEN CUTLER. ARTHUR A. BAUMAN.

HUBERT V. MOFAYDEN, FRANK J. PETRIGKA.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

